There has been a lot of conversation in the political and religious worlds about birth control recently.
Let me start by saying this...
This is not an issue of religious freedoms, this is an issue of women's reproductive rights.
As an American, I will always fight for a fellow American's constitutional right to believe whatever they want, and to worship however they choose. But, those rights end when they take away or infringe on the rights of others not sharing the same faith.
The Supreme Court of the United States has already ruled on a case similar to this.
This case was regarding race discrimination based on religious reasons. Bob Jones University had to follow all anti-discrimination laws in place because they served the general public. As I said, religious rights end when they infringe on the rights of others.
If you are a religious institution that is not an actual church, and you employ or serve people of the general public, you must follow all laws and regulations regarding businesses. You follow the same labor laws that every other business does. Child labor laws, anti-discrimination hiring laws, workplace safety laws, and health insurance laws.
This is exactly why companies and businesses should not be responsible for health insurance for their employees. This is exactly why I support a single payer plan. When you remove any sort of employer bias from health care, everyone benefits. If you work for an employer that doesn't share your values and faith, you don't have to worry about that effecting your health care. If you lose your job, you don't have to worry about losing your health care. To paraphrase Lawrence O'Donnell, "Isn't losing your job bad enough?"
This is a winning issue for Democrats, Liberals and the Left. I really hope they stick to their guns on it.
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